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The Cleveland Family Foundation at a glance

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The Cleveland Family Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$277k
Granted FY2019
23
Grants FY2019
5
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Education$206kPhilanthropy$158kHealth$89kFood & Nutrition$45kYouth Development$31kAnimals$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kRecreation & Sports$15kOther$0
02FY2019 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k8 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $251k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HACKLEY SCHOOL$35,000
GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$31,668
COLGATE UNIVERSITY TREASURERS OFFICE$30,000
CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS$25,000
OPEN DOOR FOUNDATION INC$20,000
BOYS CLUB OF MOUNT KISCO INC - BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$15,000
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$14,068
WATERVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$10,000
WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC$10,000
AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$10,000
OSSINING CHILDRENS CENTER INC$10,000
BEDFORD-KATONAH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC$10,000
THE WINDWARD SCHOOL$10,000
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$10,000
WATERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $7k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $3k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $3k → 17%OSSINING CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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NY
PA
NJ
CT
VA
MD
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 25% of The Cleveland Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Cleveland Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$338k · 15 repeat orgs$122k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
8

Total granted

$338k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+24%

Still filing today

93%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19
HealthEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HS
    HACKLEY SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $65k · revenue +43%
  • CU
    COLGATE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +80%
  • C
    CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS
    3× · 2017–2019 · $45k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • TR
    The Rippowam Cisqua School Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +24%
  • AN
    AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • HS
    HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -5%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
4
Windward School

Windward school is a dynamic college-preparatory school that challenges each student to achieve excellence in a nurturing, inclusive community. windward teachers, parents, and administrators work together to inspire our students to be…

Education
5
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
6
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
7
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Westminster College

The mission of westminster college is to help students develop competencies, commitments, and characteristics which have distinguished human beings at their best. see continuation on schedule o.the liberal arts tradition is the foundation…

Education
9
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
New West Charter School

The mission of new west charter school is to provide an academically rigorous, highly individualized education for 21st century students in grades 6 - 12. in the decades to come, personal success will require increasingly high levels of…

Education
12
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Washington Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Andrew K Dwyer Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $151,668 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDA…OPEN DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyOPEN DOOR FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $4,000 · PhilanthropyHACKLEY SCHOOL: $65,000 · HealthHACKLEY SCHOOLNORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $23,000 · HealthNORTHERN WESTCHESTER …CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $15,068 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUND…Westchester Medical Center Foundation: $10,000 · HealthWestchester Medical C…+2 more: $4,300 · HealthCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITYThe Rippowam Cisqua School Inc: $20,000 · EducationThe Rippowam Cisqua …THE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationTHE WINDWARD SCHOOLHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $15,000 · EducationHOBART AND WILLIAM S…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationBOYS CLUB OF MOUNT KISCO INC - BOYS & GIRLS CLUB N: $16,000 · OtherBOYS CLUB OF MOUNT …BOYS CLUB OF MOUNT KISCO INC - BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $15,000 · OtherBOYS CLUB OF MOUNT …AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN NATIONAL R…Waterville Public Library: $10,000 · OtherWaterville Public L…MU OF DKE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherMU OF DKE FOUNDATIO…WATERVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $10,000 · OtherWATERVILLE PUBLIC S…Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation: $6,000 · OtherLost Tree Village C…NEW ENGLAND MUSIC CAMP ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · OtherWWP INC - WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,668 · OtherBEDFORD-KATONAH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · OtherBEDFORD-KATONAH HOC…+3 more: $5,300 · OtherCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $45,000 · Food & NutritionTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $11,668 · Human ServicesOSSINING CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · AnimalsHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 · Animals
Philanthropy$190,668Health$117,368Education$111,000Other$105,968Food & Nutrition$45,000Human Services$21,668Animals$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $151,668 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHACKLEY SCHOOL: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rippowam Cisqua School Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $15,068 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $11,668 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Medical Center Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOSSINING CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMU OF DKE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetBEDFORD-KATONAH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLost Tree Village Charitable Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND MUSIC CAMP ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHISTORIC HUDSON VALLEY: $3,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC: $3,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAMS SYNDROME CHARITABLE FOUNDATION USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHEARTS OF GOLD INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJCCA EDENWALD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANDREW K DWYER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The New York Communit…The Bessemer Giving F…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundIbm International Fou…Chubb Charitable Foun…Morgan Stanley Global…Verizon FoundationNational Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
The New York Community TrustNY14.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Ibm International Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Cleveland Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cleveland Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Cleveland Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Cleveland Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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